The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

Tata asked, somewhat incredulously.

Can this kind of damage reflection equipment be actively triggered like this?!

"of course."

Dekan nodded.

Tata bit her lip.

Not only did she never think of disgusting her enemy in this way, but her [Cursed Doll] was also completely incapable of inflicting such pain.

Moreover, she couldn't even fathom how Dekan had written such an extra effect.

This shattered Tata's confidence for a moment.

She finally realized it.

I am far inferior to Dekan.

Although they can all use demon script to create cards, and similar types of cards may seem to have similar effects, their actual performance in battle can be vastly different.

"However, the crooked mouth [Captain Derkan] you created has produced some changes that I haven't tried before, so you are quite talented and worth my training."

Dekan looked at Tatana's shattered confidence and said.

Tata looked up and glanced at Dekan.

Then he lowered his head again.

She knew that Dekan was trying to comfort her.

"So, do you want to learn from me?"

Dekan asked with a smile.

“...Teach me.”

The sound of the tatters was barely audible, and he dared not look directly at Dekan.

"You sound reluctant. It seems you still think you're better. Well, I'm too lazy to waste my time."

Dekan shrugged, feigning helplessness.

"Please teach me!"

Tata grabbed Dekan's sleeve and looked up at him with a pleading expression.

Dekan nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright, from now on I will be your teacher."

"Um......"

"So everything's settled for today, and I can go home feeling great now."

As he spoke, Dekan picked up the dinner and snacks he had bought earlier.

The journey is still quite a while, and they'll all be starving if they don't eat dinner soon.

He offered the snack to Tata, but Tata showed no intention of accepting it.

She should have been very hungry.

But she seemed to have suffered a great blow just now, and she hasn't recovered her mood yet.

Moreover, since Dekan had helped her so much, she seemed embarrassed to take Dekan's food for granted.

I suddenly felt shy.

Dekan: "What? No appetite? Then I'll have to tell you the fairy tale 'Mr. Butcher's Kitchen'."

Tata: "?"

Her watery eyes were filled with great confusion.

And so, after listening to Dekan's dark fairy tale, she finished her dinner with a sense of fear.

Dekan nodded in satisfaction.

I'm really good at taking care of kids.

199. Expert assessment of Dekan

The carriage traveled along the brightly lit streets of the Kingdom of Landil.

Dekan looked out the window; they were gradually moving away from the densely populated commercial district and seemed to be entering a rare forest park in the city.

Presumably, the residence that the king allocated to them was located in this park.

However, as they approached the manor, Dekan saw a group of fully armed knights.

The leader was none other than Knight Commander Gavin, whom they had met at the city gate that morning.

"Mr. Dekan, please wait a moment."

Gavin quickly stopped the carriage by waving his hand.

Gavin seemed to have been waiting for Dekan here for quite a while.

"What happened?"

Dekan looked out the car window at Gavin, whose expression was grave, and asked.

Gavin nodded weakly:

"We have received an alert from the Kingdom Federation. The activity areas of four cardinals of the Church of Resurrection appear to overlap in the north-central part of the continent. Judging from their movements, their most likely target is the Kingdom of Landil!"

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing Gavin's words, Dekan was startled.

I was surprised, but not entirely.

After all, he himself was a bishop.

According to the intelligence that Dekan had gathered, the Kingdom Federation's astrologers had been in a semi-conscious state.

The movements of the bishops of the Resurrected Church are also monitored from time to time.

Moreover, conventional calculations can only roughly estimate the bishop's range of activities, but cannot pinpoint the bishops' exact locations.

Generally speaking, it is normal for any kingdom to fall within the sphere of influence of a single bishop.

Occasionally, when the activities of two bishops overlap, nearby kingdoms will begin to prepare for war.

If three bishops show any inclination to travel together to a certain place, it will raise the highest level of alert!

However, if four bishops gather, the concept is different.

This could directly lead to the finals.

"The Kingdom of Landil is currently facing an unprecedented crisis. Although all the eighth-tier powerhouses have been summoned back to defend the capital, it is still impossible to guard against if the four cardinals insist on taking action in the Kingdom of Landil."

Gavin seemed a bit exhausted.

This was no longer a situation he could handle.

Although the Kingdom of Landil's decision was somewhat like sacrificing a pawn to save the king, abandoning the defense of all other city-states and concentrating all its forces on the defense of the capital.

But this is still better than scattering the eighth-tier combat power and then having the bishops hunt them down one by one.

After all, even the strongest eighth-tier warrior has almost no hope of surviving a combined attack from four bishops.

"What did the Kingdom Federation say?"

"Dekan asked."

“Countries have already sent support, but the support from the Kingdom Federation will not arrive for another three days. The seventh-tier team assessment has also been urgently canceled.”

As Gavin answered, he took out a document and handed it to Dekan:

"However, the assessment has been transformed into a new mission, and the Kingdom Federation urgently needs to conscript your forces. You need to protect the capital from destruction until reinforcements arrive."

Dekan took the document; he was not surprised by the Kingdom Federation's decision.

There are currently four Tier 7 teams in the capital.

They were a crucial fighting force until reinforcements arrived.

Although there might be a bishop in this group.

Dekan saw the following written on the document:

[Seventh-Tier Team Assessment (Temporarily Changed), Mission Objective: Protect the capital of Kingdom Landil from destruction by the Church of Resurrection for three days.]

[Complete the task objectives to pass the assessment; the initial team score is 0.]

Contributing to the defeat of the Resurrected Church will increase your points.

In the original assessment, the Kingdom Alliance would use the Artificial Shadow World Activator to simulate a seventh-tier shadow world, and then determine whether the team was qualified based on the completion status, and give a score, which would be converted into the team's initial points.

The points for a Tier 7 team are very important.

Aside from being obtained by passing the seventh-tier team assessment, it can only be obtained by clearing the seventh-tier or higher Shadow World in subsequent teams.

It determines the team's priority when participating in the Shadow World in the future.

If a seventh-tier shadow world appears and there are more teams than available to challenge it, then the team with the higher score will be given priority.

Because points are the most direct reflection of a team's overall strength and experience.

The difficulty of this new, temporary assessment task is hard to say.

It might be too difficult, or it might be so easy that you could just lie down and pass.

However, if you lie down, you will get 0 points.

If you make a significant contribution, you will have the opportunity to receive a very high initial score.

Even if you pass this new assessment without any effort, starting with 0 points makes little difference whether you pass or fail.

If I try to challenge the seventh-tier shadow world again, I'll only be able to get lucky, and the queues will be crazy long. I might as well take the test again.

Therefore, each team needs to go all out to fight against the Church of Resurrection and strive for high scores.

"Don't worry, Mr. Gavin, I can capture at least one bishop for you. I'm an expert in this area."